... aviation feat which has its roots firmly in the heart of Carmarthenshire Many are familiar with the pioneering exploits of Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in a sea plane - but perhaps what many don’t realise is that her first ...

... the infamous rail disaster of 1904 (in which five people were killed and 38 injured) to the celebrated American flyer Amelia Earhart cruising out of Burry Port harbour in her seaplane “Friendship” the collection offers a scintillating record of events ...

... are destined to play their part in plans to boost tourism in the area When Burry Port received national in 1928 the year Amelia Earhart landed at Burry Port becoming the first woman to cross Atlantic in aeroplane dockside industry abounded harbour was well ...

... It he who whipped town at the cart’s tail “sturdy vagrants infested town” 3 In 1079 on his St David’s Cathedral 4 Miss Amelia Earhart (b) Burry Port 5 Cwmanne Lampeter near Carmarthen Carmarthen-Swansea road (c) near llanddarog village 6 The Mayor Cllr ...

... Kitchen Against the OddsA new series about people whose success has been achieved “Against The Odds”This week aviator Amelia Earhart The Adventures of Black Beauty (r) Morning Worship Weekend World Getting on West Country Farming followed by Weather for ...

... the home of Lt Gen Sir Thomas Picton who was killed in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and that there is a memorial to Amelia Earhart the first woman to fly the Atlantic in 1928 and who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 Journal Llangunnor HAVE you got ...

... promptly banned it as the glitter got under the postmen’s fingernails There were commemorative cards of the landing of Amelia Earhart’s seaplane at Burry Port in 1928 She was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Cards showed Big Ben with the notes of W ...